'Henry' gets a clean win in the High Court

Numatic was successful in its claim of passing off against Qualtex in respect of Qualtex's vacuum cleaners which mimicked the basic Henry model shape and black bowler hat lid but not its surface decoration (smiley face and red colour ways).

Wragge & Co's IP experts have prepared an in-depth analysis of why this claim of passing off by look-a-like product was held to be successful.